I’ve always liked Kenny Williams, ever since I met him 15 or 16 years ago and he humored my foolish attempt at conversation.
Kenny Williams Panics Over Pujols’ Next Contract
He doesn’t seem to have a great deal of perspective when it comes to baseball salaries, though.
Monday, Comcast SportsNet asked the White Sox general manager about the possibility of Albert Pujols earning $30 million per season with his next contract. From Chuck Garfien's account of that interview:
"For the game’s health as a whole, when we’re talking about 30 million dollar players, I think it’s asinine," Williams said in an interview with Comcast SportsNet. "We have gotten to the point of no return. Something has to happen. And if it means the game being shut down for the sake of bringing sanity to it, to franchises that aren’t going to stop the insanity, I’m all for it."
You probably know this, but baseball men (and baseball writers) were saying exactly the same things when a baseball player first made one million dollars, and two million, and 10 million, and 20 million, and 25 million.
Alex Rodriguez makes $27.5 million. Johan Santana, Cliff Lee and CC Sabathia all make nearly $25 million. Is it really so radical an idea that some player -- say, the best hitter on the planet -- might earn $30 million?
It’s going to happen, probably next winter. And yes, someday there will be a $35 million player, and then a $40 million player. And the game will go on, because there are enough fans to keep it going ... and to finance those $40 million salaries someday. So it’s always been, and shall always be.
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